decommission
verb
de·com·mis·sion
ˌdē-kə-ˈmi-shən 
decommissioned; decommissioning; decommissions
: to remove (something, such as a ship or a nuclear power plant) from service
Examples of decommission in a Sentence
Several military bases are scheduled to be decommissioned.
The government is decommissioning the nuclear power plant.
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The company has experience developing new nuclear power plants and maintaining, refurbishing, and decommissioning existing ones.
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Michael Khouw, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024
There's a fair chance that China will operate the only space station in low-Earth orbit if NASA and its partners decide to decommission the ISS at the end of the decade.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2024
Part of the problem is that Axiom has been forced to radically change the design because of its slow progress and the possibility that the ISS could be decommissioned sooner than anticipated, four former employees told Forbes.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The building was decommissioned in the early 1990s when sailors started using GPS to navigate around dangerous obstacles.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 11 Sep. 2024
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Michael Khouw, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024
There's a fair chance that China will operate the only space station in low-Earth orbit if NASA and its partners decide to decommission the ISS at the end of the decade.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2024
Part of the problem is that Axiom has been forced to radically change the design because of its slow progress and the possibility that the ISS could be decommissioned sooner than anticipated, four former employees told Forbes.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The building was decommissioned in the early 1990s when sailors started using GPS to navigate around dangerous obstacles.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Decommission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decommission. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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decommission
verb
de·com·mis·sion
ˌdē-kə-ˈmish-ən
: to remove (as a ship) from use or service
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